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Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships
My blog contains mini-histories and photos of 2200 ships loaded in a random order. It is a data listing of liners, ferries, cruise and troop ships; every passenger carrying ship over 10000 tons dating from 1858 to the newbuilds of today.
Tag Archives: Chester
No.731 Marine Star launched in 1945
12,773grt for US Maritime Commission by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester Aquarama 1952 Sand Products Corporation Scrapped Aliaga 2007 The last in the series of WW2 military ships. In 1952 the ship was converted into the largest passenger ship … Continue reading
No.634 Mormacmail launched in 1940
11,086grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester, USA Long Island 1941 US Navy Nelly 1949 Caribbean Land & Shipping Seven Seas 1953 Europa-Canada Line Scrapped in Belgium 1977
No.638 Mormacland launched in 1939
13,399grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester, USA HMS Archer 1941 Royal Navy Empire Lagan 1946 Ministry of Transport Anna Salén 1946 Sven Salén Tasmania 1955 Cia Nav Tasmania Union Reliance 1961 China Union Lines Scrapped … Continue reading
No.864 Badger Mariner launched in 1953
14,138grt for US Maritime Commission from Sun SB & DD Co, Chester Atlantic 1957 American Banner Line Universe Campus 1971 CY Tung Group Universe 1976 CY Tung Group Arrived at Alang on April 6th, 1996 Masato Nishiguchi at Kobe
